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Abortion back on Texas Legislature's agenda

Gov. Perry to support 'fetal pain' bill

Updated: Monday, 21 Jan 2013, 10:55 AM CST
Published : Monday, 21 Jan 2013, 10:54 AM CST

AUSTIN, (AP) - The Texas Legislature is back, and so are more proposals to restrict abortions.

Republican Gov. Rick Perry has told lawmakers that he expects more anti-abortion laws during the 2013 session to work toward his goal "to make abortion at any stage a thing of the past." Anti-abortion activists have pledged to use every legal means possible to make obtaining abortions difficult, if not impossible, to obtain.
 
This year Perry wants to further curtail when a woman can have an abortion, a law that courts have blocked in Georgia, Oklahoma and Arizona.
 
The so-called fetal pain bill is a measure that relies on controversial claims that a fetus can feel pain after 20 weeks of gestation. Under current law, states can only ban abortions after 24 weeks.

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